Police charge teens in assault

News-Times, The (Danbury, CT)

Published
7:00 pm EST, Thursday, February 24, 2005

When police arrived at the Park Lane Road complex at about 4 p.m., they found the victim bleeding from a head injury.
He was taken to New Milford Hospital by ambulance, and needed about eight staples to close the wound, police said.
Further details on the extent of his injuries are not available, according to New Milford police spokesman Officer Robert Kirchner.
Even though police charged two teenagers in the assault, the investigation is continuing. Kirchner said that there may be more information available today about the case.
Kirchner would not reveal the motive for the attack or if any money was taken. He also declined to name the restaurant where the victim worked.
Christopher Lemke, 16, and Alexander Blass, 17, face charges of conspiracy to commit second-degree assault, conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery and conspiracy to commit first-degree burglary.
Kirchner said when the victim went to deliver the order to a unit within the Bel Air complex , he was approached in the hallway from behind by the two teens who assaulted him with a blunt object, police said.
Police said the victim, whom they are refusing to identify, chased the men as they ran away.
Both were charged Tuesday and held at New Milford Police headquarters on $250,000 bail until they were arraigned in Superior Court Wednesday.
Blass has been ordered to return to Superior Court on March 8.
Court officials said Blass has a prior record in connection with first-degree criminal trespass, creating a public disturbance as well as motor vehicle charges.
Lemke was ordered to return to court March 11.